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Talking About Work: Hours, Office Culture and Family Leave

Learn essential Swedish vocabulary and conversational phrases for discussing working hours, workplace social culture, parental leave, and trade unions.
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57 Cards
Lesson#1
In this deck, you will learn how to discuss your daily working life in Sweden. We will cover work schedules, workplace social rituals like fika, taking parental and sick leave, and the basics of Swedish trade unions.
Lesson#2
To talk about your duties at work, use the plural noun 'arbetsuppgifter', which means work tasks. To ask what tasks someone has at the office, you can say 'Vad har du för arbetsuppgifter på kontoret?'.
Quiz#3
How do you say 'work tasks' in Swedish?

arbetsuppgifter

Quiz#4
Translate into Swedish: 'What work tasks do you have at the office?'

Vad har du för arbetsuppgifter på kontoret?

Lesson#5
For your working hours, use the plural noun 'arbetstider'. To ask someone about their schedule, ask 'Vad har du för arbetstider?', which means 'What hours do you work?'.
Quiz#6
How do you say 'working hours' in Swedish?

arbetstider

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